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Almost none of the major wars EVER were about religion. Nearly all of them were about side A wanting something side B had and killing them for it.
Alexander conquered Persia because Persia attacked Greece to gain land. Qin conquered China because he wanted to be in charge. Hitler was able to get Germany behind him because they were mad about the restrictions placed upon them when they lost the first world war which only happened because everybody and their grandma was in an alliance and had to fight because of it. And let's not forget Vietnam and Korea which were about people disagreeing over how the economy should be run. Am I forgetting any?
Oh, the war on terror you say? Consider this. Would those people still be fighting if they didn't follow a religion that only endorses violence as a last resort?
Also you could have picked some better examples, many of Alexander the greats followers believed he was the son of Zeus. He was under Aristotle's tutelage from a very young age, and Aristotle impressed upon his young pupil the notion that all non-Greeks are barbarians and their enemies and that it is "the moral right of all Greeks to wage war upon them, enslave them, or exterminate them" (Cummings 59). In other words it was the belief that he was ALLOWED to destroy everyone else that lead to him taking over the known world.
Hitler? Really? Are you going to argue against the role that religion played in creating all the horror of the second world war? Honestly? I take it that his annihilation of the Jews was purely political? Are you sane? This quote does not say that religion is the SOLE cause of misery, but it is certainly one largest causes of misery throughout history.
And finally the war on terror I say? Actually no, I wouldn't bother to bring it up, but now that you've mentioned it. Consider you final statement, "Would those people still be fighting if they didn't follow a religion that only endorses violence as a last resort?" Do you actually think this helps your cause in any way? At all? Try reading it again. Also they do not follow a religion that endorses violence "only" as a last resort, actually violence is pretty common throughout Sharia law. Try actually reading the Koran before you make statements about something you obviously know nothing about. Hell on that point it might be a good idea for you to actually read the bible, I would suggest starting with genesis. You might actually learn something.
I operate on the view that ANY 'reason(s)' for WAR upon OTHER HUMANS ''other than TRUE SELF DEFENSE'' is HORRIFIC .... I don't care to 'parse' the 'religious' wars with the 'non' religious wars .... WAR is WAR in MY HUMBLE view ....
MONEY and GREED and EGO are also MAJOR causes for HISTORICAL WARS ....
My BEST to you and yours .... LRW
"Who says I am not under the special protection of God?" Adolf Hitler